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J. BURGER.
HAVING returned from the East with my
SECOND INVOICE OF GOODS
This season, I am now better than,cver prepared to supply
the wants of everybody in need ot
WINTER, GOODS
t SUCH AS
Flannels, Blankets, Underwear, Hosiery and
Fancy Goods
At LOWER PRICES than the same goods can be bought
for elsewhere. Our stock of
D'EESS GOODS
Comprises all the Novelties of the season in Domestic as
1 well as Imported Fabrics.
Particular attention is called to our
CEOAK DEPARTMENT.
In this Department can now be found the Latest Styles of
Dolmans, Cloaks, Ulsters and Circulars,
At prices to suit everybody. I will oiler
SPECIAL BARGAINS
In Ladies'. Misses' and Children's Underwear for the next
Thirty days.
In addition to the above I would also mention my stock of
LINEN GOODS
Such as Table Linens, Towels, Napkins, to be sold at lower
prices than any other Dry Goods House in Southern Illinois
will otter them. .
I respectfully invite all purchasers to examine my goods
and prices before purchasing.
J. BURG-ER.
No. 124 Commercial avenue.
THE DAILY BULLETIN
BNTBERD AT THB POST OFFICS IN CAIRO, IL
. LTN0I8, A8 BKCOND-CLABB MATTKK.
OFFICIAL PAPER OP CITY AX D COUNTY.
TAI58R BROTUKK8.
TABEtt BRO'S Manufacturing Jewelers,
No. 128 Commercial ave., Cairo, 111.
LOCAL WEATUER REPORT.
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Scrg't Signal Coroi.'u. 8. A.
SPECIAL LOCAL ITEMS.
Kotteva In tbU coIuiud. live wuti pet linn, etch
Intertion.
For Sale.
House and lot on Cross street, near the
High school. House is two-story .has 6 rooms
and ball and is in good condition Desire
able neighborhood. Price $750.
M. J. Howley, Real Estate Agent.
Ovkk 1550,000 Howe scale's sold. Bor
den, Sellcck & Co., agents, St. Louis, Mo.
Bnckleu'n Arnica Salve.
The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, aores, ulsers, salt rheum, lever sores,
tetter, chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and
all kinds of skin eruptions. This salvo is
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction in
' tvery case or niouey refunded. Price, 25
cents per box. For gale by Geo. E. O'IIara
Bibs, Buek Bouch, Etc.
' In quantities to supply the whole city
and country aro now for sale at the packing
"" house of llinkle, Moore & llinkle, on Com
jnercial avenue low figures; also leaf and
fvesli rendered lrd, salt meats, etc., at
Ipwest market price.
' , Make a Note of it.
The best assorted stock of Cooking and
' limiting Stoves, Tinware, llarlwarc. Hol
low wsre, Cultery, etc., etc., can bo found
it A. Ilallcy'i, 115 Commercial avenue.
THE nAfl.Y CAIRO BULLETIN: WEDNESDAY MORNINQ, DECEMBER 1,1880.
New Billiard Saloon.
Mr. Joseph Stengula lias taken possession
of the building formerly occupied by Mr.
Dan'l llartman, on the corner of Sixth
strict and Commercial avenue, and has
established therein a billiard saloon and
restaurant. He has repaired the building
internally, making changes iu the arrange
ment to accommodate his views and furn
ished it with every comfort that could be
wished for in a first-class establishment.
he has spaircd no pains to make his place
onn ot the most attractive resorts in me cuy,
and invites all to come and see hira.
Fine Millinery
AT A GREAT SACRIFICE.
On account of sickness of myself and in
my family, I am compelled to c,08K my
nrsiNKss. and therefore will sell my entire
stock of fine millinery OOOD8 at a great
sacrifice, commencing to-uay.
I have the finest and largest as well as
tin? hest SET.ECTKD stock of iroods in the
city and all must be sold.
Mrs. C. McLanr.
Oysters! Oysters!
Fresh Mobile oysters will be kept in
hulk throuffh tho season, constantly in
afar.1t. find onr numerous customers will bi
snnnlied in nuantitics to suit, bv the dozen,
hundred or thousand. Also iresn uaitimorc
nvsti'ra in runs. hoRt ouftlitv and all errades
at close figures. Send your orders to the
Oyster and Fish Depot, no levee, corner
Eighth street. Robert ukwrtt, Agent.
Fresh Oysters.
WINTER'S OLD RELIABLE OYSTER DEPOT.
Tim liiulersurnnd would rcBDectfullv in
form the citizens of Cairo that we are now
rornivinrr dail v. and tho onlv Darties in
Cairo, direct from Baltimore trcah oysters by
the can and from the quantity wo are re
ceiving and selling daily we aro enabled to
sell them for ten and twenty cents per can
l.ioa ttion anu ntlllir hnllHIt in thfl f.itV.
Choice Standard, full cans, 40 cents;
c.hoinn Snlncta. full cans. 50 cents. For sale
at Winter's grocery, on Kighth
street, and at the Hotel Do Winters
Parties can always relv upon getting them
11. WINTER- CS
COUGH SYRUP.
'he Sociable of tlie Ladies' Aid Society.
The Ladies' Aid society of the Methodist
church will give a sociable at tuo resi
dence of Mr. Janu-B Johnson, on Thursday
evening. Refreshments, music, etc.,. 10
mako a pleasant evening. All aro invited.
Lend a helping hand.
Denmark and the Garland.
ti. t.fipiriniiil" linsfi-burncrs for beauty
1 til ... . ' ,
and utility combined are unsurpassed by
any base-burner stovo ever pui upuu up
market. The "Denmark Retort Stove" is
the best ever tried for heating offices, stores
or lurcc rooms, One in use at Henderson s
store for exhibition, mc auovc-uicnuum.il
stoves are for sale only by C. W. Render-
son, Commercial avenue, comer
street, where also will be louna a iargu
supply ol skates, all patterns, cook stoves,
tiollow-ware, naruware, naus, tie, t-iu
Lost Charm.
Thn Mmrrn. ru'lulcnt to D.1V Watch chain,
became detaclied from the swing and lost
on the street. A liberal reward will be
paid for its return to me, at the M. James
hotel. Frank Gazzola.
Cookinsr Stoves.
Tin. "fMiamniou Monitor" is the best
cook store in the market for either wood or
coal. Can be had only at A. liauey s, 1 1 j
Commercial avenue.
Mr. Fred Koekler's Butcher Shops.
Mr Vro.1 KoL-hkT's two butcher shops,
hn niwi'nn town and the other down town,
on Eighth street, are both constantly stock
ed witJi the choicest iresn meats unu uu
descriotion. He has suc
ceeded by fair dealing and excellent goods
in establishing lor uimsen aim i-mmim:
reputation and a good trade. His places of
lmsincss will be onen until ten o'clock a. m.
and from three until nine o'clock p. m.
Electro-Vapor Baths.
Siii-p rnre for rheumatism, neuralgia, dys
pepsia and all derangements of the system.
Both rooms, 123 Commercial avenue, over
Taber's jewelry store. Terms: Single baths,
$1.00; six oatlis, fj.uu. iryineiu.
YV. 11. 31AREAN,
Ilomo'pathic Physician.
Heating Stoves. '
Fortv Westminster base-burners in use
in the city and all give perfect satisfaction.
. . . . it r r , ., 1
Sold only 0y A. nancy, no tuimueruai
avenue.
GENERAL LOCAL ITEMS.
Xoilpcd In these column!
ten cbEis per line,
tcli insertion. Marke1
Additional local matter will be found
on our first page this morning.
Our member ot the state board of
equalization J. 9. Crum was in the city
yesterday.
"Between the act3" cigarettes, whole
sale and retail, at F. Koisnieyer's.
The elegant steamer W. P. Ihlliday is
at our wharf, loading for New Orleans.
She is a safe and rapid craft, and deserves
the patronage of the public.
-The four weeks previous to Christmas
constitute the season of Advent. They are
noted as such in the ritual and services of
the Roman Catholic church.
Mr. B. McMannus, who has been to
Chicago purchasing a second stock of goods
for the holidays, is home again. Ihe
goods will arrive in a few days.
-"Between the acts" cigarettes, whole
sale and retail, at F. Korsineyer's.
The Casino society elects its officers for
the ensuing term this evening, and on the
14th proximo will celebrate its thirteenth
anniversary in an appropriate manner.
The new hose for our fire compauies
were yesterday tested in the Arab engine
house by Mr. Chas. Newlan. Every yard
of it stood the test and now no time should
he lost in having it distributed.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Metho
list church will give a sociable at the resi
lence of Mr. Jas. Johnson, Thursday even-
ing. So says acani puuusncu uy me muies
in another column, to which we call the
readers' attention.
-Mr. A. W. Pyatt and wife, who have
been in Kansas City, Mo., for three or four
months, returned to Cairo lost evening and
will again make this city their home. Al
Susankn, tho son of our fellow-citizen, Mr.
Al. Susanka, also returned with them.
The negro, who, as we stated in yester
day morning's issue, was knocked in tho
head with an iron pot on Sunday last, was
nuite low yesterday. He will probably not
recover from the effects of tho blow. The
boy, who is guilty ot the deed, has not yet
been arrested.
-A negro, named John Wood, was night
Vipfnro last cauirht in the act
of stealing a cheese from wharf
boat No. 2, by the night watch
man. Mr. James Law, and placed under
arrcbt. Ho was tried by tho Eighth street
supreme court yesterday and was held to
bail in tho sum of one hundred dollars.
Mr. M, R. Keuhno, the piano-tuner,
will bo here on tho 15th instant, and all
who may have any work in his lino to do,
should not tail to Inform him of that fact
and procure his seivicc, in order that there
may bo no discord in tho holiday music
anywhere in Cairo. His reputation as a
tuner is established, and hence he needs no
recommendation from us.
Vennor tho gentleman whoso opin
ion concerning tho weather, The Bcm.k
tin has more than once quoted predicted
heavy snow storms aflor November 20th.
However, ho did not relievo himself as to
whether tho suid floods of ilecry flakes
would take a drop soon sftcr the 20th or
later, but it is presumed this iliHcrepency
escaped his mind during a heavy rush of
job work, and bo forgot to make the cor
rcction in his next edition, henco tho popu
lar error. It may bo seven years after the
20th before the fall is precipitated, but
sooner or later it is bound to como. Great
man that Vennor; his pa probably "fit" in
to tho revolutionary. J
Tho .team belonging to Mr. Dick
Ilurd, ran nway yesterday morning. They
started from the lower part of the city
somewhere, and camo up Washington ave
nue and then down Sixth street toward
Walnut. No damage was done that wo
could learn. .
Word was night before last sent to tho
police headquarters that a stranger Jhad
tallen from tho sidewalk on Eighth street,
back of the Vincent building, and had
been killed by tho fall. Chief lfobinson at
once repaired to the spot and found him,
as he says, really dead drunk. Ho had
sustained no injuries.
The enterprising firm of Pwoboda &
Schultzo will shortly commence the erec
tion of a handsome and commodious brick
business house on tho site whero they are
at present doing business. The building
will have a fifty feet front ;be seventy-five feet
deep.and n-ill have the effect of materially al
tering the appearance of the neighborhood.
Tho following is the criminal business
transacted by Judge OlmstedJ yesterday:
Chas. Cooper, for striking a fellow being,
plead guilty, and was fined five dollars nnd
costs; Henry Ferrell and Win. Johnson, for
disorderly conduct, were also fined five dol
lars and costs. Besides these, two drunks
were disposed of, with a fine ot two dollars
and costs each.
The many friends of Mr. John Koohler
will regret to learn that his daughter,
Miss Annie, is in danger ot losing one of
her eyes. The eye has been enflamed for
some time and Mr. Koehler employed the
best skill in this city to effect a cure, but
without avail. A few days ago he accom
panied her to Union City where he procur
ed tho services of an eminent occulist, but
that gentleman entertains no hope of effect
ing a cure.
Messrs. Stone & Marshall, who arc en
gaged in the publishing business, arrived
in our city last evening lrom 9t. Louis.
They came here for the purpose of pub
lishing a classified business directory, tele
phone exchange, railway guide and hand
book of useful information for Cairo. They
have issued works in all the principal cities
in northern Illinois and Indiana, and will
call upon our business men at once and ex
plain to them fully the nature of their
work.
On the eveningof day before yesterday
two men knocked at the door of the resi
dence of Father Mastcrson and
asked for something to eat. After
their wants had been satisfied
they continued to linger about the premises
without any apparent cause, and yesterday
morning the Father made tho discovery
that his horse had been stolen. The sup
position is that the fellows who begged the
food stole the animal, since their where
abouts in the citv has not been discovered.
Collin's gTand excursion to New Or-
cans and Texas will leave Cairo to-morrow
morning. Tickets arc now on sale by j.
II. Jones, ticket agent, at the Illinois Cen
tral railroad office. The excursionists arc
to leave St. Louis to-day. No such oppor
tunity for visiting the gay Crescent City has
ever yet been offered, and any one, desirous
of visitinor the south at the best season of
the year, will beccrtain to take advantage
of it. Tickets aro good going south only
on the excursion train, returning are good
on any train during the next two weeks.
The regular meeting for December of
the Woman's Club and Library Association
will be held at the Library room, on Wed
ncsdav. December 1st. The Board of Trus
tees will meet at 2 o'clock. The associa
tion will meet at 3 o'clock, and the literary
exorcises will becin at half-past 3. The
latter will include a sketch of the Eighth
Congress of Women at Boston, by Mrs. H.
II. Candec. A full attendance of members is
desired at the business meetings, nnd the
public is cordially invited to the literary
exercises.
Mr. Wm. H. Hotchkiss, a man of much
fexoerience in railroad work, has the con
tract for building the inclines of the Mobile
& Ohio railway here, and has been push
nir the work with considerable energy, al
though the unfavorable weather has con
siderably hindered its progress. He in
forms us that tho incline acrsss tho river,
on which work was commenced day before
yesterday, will bo seventeen hundred teet
in length, and will bo finished by January
1st. 1881. The-Incline on this side of tho
river will bo fifteen hundred and fifty feet
in length, and be completed February 1st.
The work was somewhat hindered by the
delay of an engine, which had to bo pro
cured from New York, but it is now steadi
ly progressing the piles being driven by
an ordinary drop hammer.
Yesterday, in speaking with one of our
old builders, we obtained a bit of informa
tion which may provo of benefit to those of
our citizens who have occasion to buil
feuces in the future. Mentioning tho well
known methods of preserving posts am'
wood which are partly imbeded in tho
earth, by charring and coating with tar,
we were informed that thoso methods only
were effective when both wcro applied
Should the poles be charred without tho
subsequent treatment with tar, the charcoal
formation on the surface would only net as
an absorber of the moisture, nnd, if any
thing, only hasten tho decay. By applying
coating of tar without previously char
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ring, the tar would only form a casing
about the wood, nor would it penetrate to
the depths which the absorbing properties
of the charcoal surface would insure. Wood
that is exposed to the action of water or let
into the ground should first be charred, and
then, before it has entirely cooled, be treated
with tar until the wood is thoroughly im
pregnated. The acetic acid and oils con
tained in tho tar are evaporated by the
heat, ond only the besin left behind, which
penetrates the pores ol the wood and forms
an air-tight and waterproof envelope. It
is important to impregnate the poles a lit
tle above the line of exposure, for here it is
that the action of decay ullects Jhe wood
first, and where the break always occurs
when removed from the earth or strained
in testing.
We are no alarmist. We have a habit
of considering all subjects coolly, calmly
dispasionately before giving voice to our
opinions, but we must say that ins
Bclletis is sniffing danger in the future
to our community and country which may
result from the united action of a few fami-
ies. We refer to the Smith, Johnson,
lirown and Jones families who are
legion. Did it ever occur to any
one that these families have got con
trol not only of Cairo, but of this coun
try? If you take the Smiths, Jones,
Browns, Johnsons and perhaps one or two
other families out there is a big hole made,
aud when it comes to taking out these
several families aud all their relations it
will be found that there is not much of our
population left. Indeed it is probable that
there is not a voter in the United States
who knows his family connections, but
who is related to one or
more of these lamilics. In
Cairo we have Albert Smith, tailor; Albert
Smith, law student; Anthony Smith, labor
er; Bernard Smith, watchman; Smith Bros.,
(Jas R. and Egbert Smith); Captain Smith,
laborer; Chas. Smith, laborer; Cyrus Smith,
clerk; Douglas Smith, laborer; Edward
Smith, laborer; E. W. Smith, book-keeper;
Fred. S. Smith; George Smith, laborer; 0.
W. Smith, telegraph operator; Harrison
Smith, laborer; Henry Smith, laborer;
Hugh Smith, laborer; Isaac N. Smith;
amcs Smith, trader; James
Smith, laborer; Jas. II. Smith, clerk; John
Smith, laborer; John Smith, painter; John
.Smith, engineer; Joseph Smith, clerk;
Joseph Smith, laborer; Joseph Smith, la-
orer; Joseph Smith, barkeeper; Joshua P.
Smith, contractor; Martin Smith, clerk;
Matthew Smith, cook; Mingo Smith, la
borer; Philip Smith, carpenter; Reuben
Smith, whitewashes Samuel Smith, black
smith ; Thos. Smith, laborer; Wesley Smith,
laborer;' Dr. W. R. Smith, Sr.;
Dr. W. It. Smith, Jr., aud many
others too numerous to mention. Suppose
now that the Smith family, lead by old
John Smith, should do as men did in olden
times, gather together, himself, his wife
and his sons aud his daughters, his man
servants and his maid-servants, his daugh
ters' servants, &c, nnd move off to Mexico.
Suppose the Brown family were to do the
same and start for Canada, and supposo the
Jones family should all conclude to remove
to Cuba, and the Johnson family set out
for some other foreign country,
whero then would be Cairo's ten
thousand population? Or supposo tho
Smiths, nnd Browns, and Johnsons, nnd
Jones should conclude to soizo tho govern
ment, and nominate John Smith for presi
dent nnd James Brown for vice-president,
with the Johnsons and Jones promised
blaccs in tho cabinet, and they would nil
unito with all their relations, and bulldoze
all their employes, and subucribo liberally
to tho campaign fund, does any one sup
noso thev would not succeed? This matter
is ono of serious concern, especially since
our city election is approaching, and Tun
Bulletin takes it upon itself to sound tho
note of warning while yet it is time to
, avert tho danger.
OliOTJUNU.
Great Break
-IN-
PRICKS
To commence tho Season's trade.
NO TOM TOOL'S TALK!
Sl'KCIAL NOTICE to the I'DllMC
Wo offer inducemints that shall not bo
MATCHED !
Men's, Youths'," Boys and
Children's
OVnURCOA-TS,
ULSTEIiS and SUITS
This Fall and Winter Ehapcs and shades.
Also a big stock of
Underwear and
Furnishing Goods
They will move rapidly at my present prices.
A.. MABX,
The Boss Clothier.
Gl Ohio .Levee, : : : : Cairo.
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Holiday I'rt'nut, tuch t
Diamonds, Silver, and Silver-'
Plated NVare
Gold IYneils, Tooth-Picks, Watche.
Clocks and Jewelry
of all klndK. exprennly electd
FOR THE HOLIDAYS
feSlPIANOS
Organs
A fit 11 line of
PANIOS AND ORGANS
r Kept In Mock. Aloo s gr-nrrtl ftofk ot Musical
e. lioorit will he old at M. I.oult and
No need of icudlnn away to e-
liH. .
E. A. I3UDER,
10 1 Commercial Ave., Cairo.
NKW ADVKHTISEMENT.
YOl'N; MAS of (rood, moral cbarftcu-r, would
IV he
triad to obtain a situation, of any kind,
salary no oh xct. Iladtomu rxpvrHmce in doox
kccliliiK- Addri'M, I. Hint onicv.
WOOD YAKD.
Q W. WHEELER,
Summer Wood and Kindling
couitantly on (tana
STAVE CLIPPINGS
AJ Seventy-five centd per load.
Stave Trimmings
At one dollar per load.
rrk.. I . -) ... -.. I -" -n A.H..koi'lnn, .nil malrA
1 III: .1 .III lilliin D'o tuoir. piiB.ni,n "
the beat nun m it wood for cooking pnriotaa well
a mo cn'japi'Hi ever goiu in tiru. rui uim
mlth'a uo In dotting tlret. they are nnequalled.
Leave your ordert at the Tenth atn-et wood yard.
BANKS.
ALEXANDER COUNTY
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B A. N K.
Commercial Avenue and Eighth Street.
CAIRO, ILLINOIS.
OPPICKBS:
F. I1HOS8, Frculdent,
i
NKCF, Vice-l'reMdent.
' T.'j.KEKTH.AmlstantCaihler.
DIRECTORS:
F. Drone. Cairo; William Kluec, Cairo;
I CUT rteil, lniruj ...ilium ,uii, -nuu,
0. M. Oalerloh, Cairo; C. 0. I'atler, Cain ;
K, A. liuaur, Lairo j. i, v;ioruaon, iiaieaonia;
B. Wolli, Cairo.
A GENERAL TANKING BUSINESS DONE
IV Kxchani;e fold and houcht. Inturuat paid Id
tho Havinua Dnnartment. Collection made and
uu uuniuepu irompuy a'luuuru iu.
ipHE CITY NATIONAL BANK
Cairo. Illinois.
CAPITAL, 8100,0 00
OFFICERS:
W.P. HALLrTMY.PruMrtnut.
H. L. HALLWAY, VIce-l'reKldefit.
Till):). W. 1IALL10AY, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
I. ATAATa TATLon,
W.P. HAM.tTfAT,
H. II. RUNNINUUAM,
KTKl'UKM DIUD,
BRNUV L. HAI.I.1IHY,
R. . WUJJAMHON,
U. D. OADDBR.
Exchange, Coin and United States Bonds
BOUGHT AND BOLD.
Dopoattartcolvcd and a general Unking bnilneel
conducted.
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